24 Lectures 1 The Study of Humanity 2 The Four Fields of Anthropology 3 Culture and Relativity 4 Fieldwork and the Anthropological Method 5 Nature, Nurture, and Human Behavior 6 Languages, Dialects, and Social Categories 7 Language and Thought 8 Constructing Emotions and Identities 9 Magic, Religion, and Codes of Conduct 10 Rites of Passage 11 Family, Marriage, and Incest 12 Multiple Spouses and Matrilineality 13 Gatherers and Hunters 14 Headmen and Horticulturists 15 Cannibalism and Violence 16 The Role of Reciprocity 17 Chiefdoms and Redistribution 18 Cultural Contact and Colonialism 19 Cultures of Capitalism 20 Is Economics Rational?
Jacinda is a draki…beings descended from dragons. She can shift between human and dragon forms. Her pride lives separately from humans deep in the Cascade Mountains under the heavy cloak of magic fog. One morning, while taking a flight, she is attacked by hunters… humans who know about the draki and hunt them for the wealth that their hides and blood will bring. One of the hunters let her escape. Then she must decide whether her feelings for him are worth the risk of getting closer.
In this third of the acclaimed Earth's Children novels, Ayla, the independent heroine of THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR and THE VALLEY OF HORSES, sets out from the valley on Whinney, the horse she tamed.
The Hunters picks up right where The Hostage left off. Two brutal murders and millions of missing dollars in the growing UN/Iraq oil-for-food scandal have lead Castillo and his team to an estancia in Uruguay, where, to his shock, the man they are seeking is himself murdered right before their eyes. Who is responsible? Most likely, the people higher up in the money chain, those willing to risk anything to keep their secrets from being revealed. . . .